In the year: 1998
The jobless trend continues downward and falls to its lowest numbers in seven years

In the year: 1935
Ronnie Delany, 1500 meter gold medallist in the 1956 Olympic Games, is born in Arklow, Co. Wicklow

In the year: 1998
Hundreds of Dubliners turn out to pay their last respects to Dermot Morgan as his funeral cortege makes its way to Glasnevin Crematorium

In the year: 1918
Death of John Redmond, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Party

In the year: 1831
Philip Sheridan, general on Federal side in American Civil War and Commander-in-Chief of the US army, is born in Killinkere, Co. Cavan